K Callan
Acting
Born January 9, 1936, Dallas, Texas, USA
K Callan, born Katherine Elizabeth Borman on January 9, 1936, in Dallas, Texas, is an American actress and author. She began her professional acting career at the Margo Jones Theatre and gained national attention for her role as Peter Boyle’s mousy wife in the film “Joe” in 1970. Callan has had a diverse career spanning film, television, and theater, with notable roles including Martha Kent in the TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and Elizabeth in the Christian drama “The Chosen.” She has also appeared in films such as “American Gigolo” (1980) and “Knives Out” (2019). Callan has authored several books on the entertainment industry and received her acting training at HB Studio in New York City. She was married to author James Ruskin Callan and they have three children.
Filmography
- 2026Bad Day
- Scrubs — Lillian Blue
- Widow's Bay — Ruth
- 2025Sew Torn — Ms. Engel
- Poker Face — Betty
- 2022Shedding Angels — Candice Murphy
- 2022The Magic Of Passion — Leslie
- 2019Knives Out — Greatnana Wanetta
- The Chosen — Elizabeth
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Carol
- Getting On — Susan Dayward
- Emily Owens, M.D. — Lorraine Parks
- 2012Not That Funny — Toogey Richmonde
- Veep — Judy Sherman
- 2011Samuel Bleak — Elaine
- Good Luck Charlie — Mrs. Monroe
- Law & Order: LA — Louise Hammond
- 2010Why Did I Get Married Too? — Ms. Tannenbaum
- Castle — Delores Marsh
- 2009Coyote County Loser — Maggie Hopps
- Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
- The Mentalist — Annabelle Draber
- Drive — Ceal Cousins (uncredited)
- 'Til Death — Mrs. Bauer
- Four Kings — Mrs. Grayson
- Heist — Helen
- Heroes — Charlie Andrews
- 2006Midnight Clear — Eva
- 2005Crazylove — Mrs. Hallstrom
- Grey's Anatomy — Janis
- How I Met Your Mother — Grandma Lois
- 2005Midnight Clear — Eva
- 2005Nine Lives — Marisa
- The Closer — Julia Rose
- Desperate Housewives — Eileen Britt
- Carnivàle — Eleanor McGill
- Cold Case — Helen Russell (2006)
- 2003Home — Grammy Lou
- NCIS — Grace Mullen, Bertha Jones-Delacroix
- Nip/Tuck — Ellie Harkness
- 2002Devious Beings — Lady Jane
- Without a Trace — Luanne Countryman
- Crossing Jordan — Penelope Zimmerman
- The Division — Mary Johnson, Halle McAdams
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Martha Abernathy
- 1999A Fare to Remember — Ginny
- Family Law — Myra Hollenbeck
- 1998Border to Border — Mrs. Piston
- Dawson's Creek — Miss Constance Freckling
- 1998Mr. Murder — Alice Stillwater
- King of the Hill — Tilly Hill (voice)
- 7th Heaven — Grandma James
- JAG — Esther Gale
- 1995Saved By The Light — Dannion's Mother
- Birdland
- Chicago Hope — Emily Beck
- ER — Kelly Robinson
- Diagnosis: Murder — Jake's Landlady
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Martha Kent
- 1991Flight of Black Angel — Mrs. Gordon
- 1991Frankie and Johnny — Frankie's Mother
- 1991The Unborn — Martha Wellington
- Coach — Marion
- Quantum Leap — Lenore Mackenzie
- 1987The Return of the Shaggy Dog — Betty's Mom
- L.A. Law — Florence Hackett
- Hollywood Wives — Catherine
- Moonlighting — Carolyn Kandinsky
- Sara
- E/R
- 1984Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac — Barbara Hamilton
- Hunter — Mrs. Jorgensen, Linda Ryan
- Night Court — Jane Fletzker
- Cutter to Houston
- 1982Fast-Walking — Motel Manager
- Newhart — Jane Ebersol
- Police Squad!
- Remington Steele — Martha Ryan
- St. Elsewhere — Patty Galecki
- Father Murphy
- 1981Splendor in the Grass — Miss Metcalf
- 1981This House Possessed — Lucille
- 1980A Change of Seasons — Alice Bingham
- 1980American Gigolo — Lisa Williams
- Bosom Buddies — Mrs. Wilson
- It's a Living — Harriet Higgins
- Secrets of Midland Heights — Hilda Carroll
- 1979Fast Break — Ms. Tidwell
- 1979Ike — Mrs. Westerfield
- Ike — Mrs. Wetserfield
- Joe's World — Katie Wabash
- Knots Landing — Mrs. Dunne
- Married: The First Year
- 1979The Onion Field — Mrs. Powell
- 1978A Question of Love — Reporter (uncredited)
- Dallas — Amy Stevens
- Kaz — Mrs. Rice
- Fish
- 1977James at 15 — Mrs. Stevens
- Lou Grant — Louise Florence
- Rafferty
- Barney Miller — Gwen Baxter
- One Day at a Time — Alice Butterfield
- Rhoda
- 1973A Touch of Class — Patty Menkes
- 1973Hail — Mrs. Burd
- 1972The Rimers of Eldritch — Evelyn Jackson
- The Waltons
- All in the Family — Veronica Cartright
- Great Performances — Evelyn Jackson
- 1971Lady Liberty — Subway Lady (uncredited)
- 1970Joe — May Lou Curran
- Route 66